San Maximilian Kolbe

San Maximiliano M. Kolbe (1894-1941) ay a Polish Catholic priest at Franciscan friar na volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Ipinanganak sa Poland, itinatag niya the Militia Immaculatae, a Catholic ebanghelisasyon movement, at ang monasteryo of Niepokalanów, one of the largest Catholic publishing houses in the pre-war period. Arrested by the Nazi regime, siya ay sent to Auschwitz, kung saan siya offered kanyang buhay sa save another prisoner, at ay killed in a starvation bunker. Siya ay sinasamba as the "Martyr of Charity" at ang patron ng drug addicts, political prisoners, families, at ang pro-life movement.